Bill Text: IL HR0140 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares January 16, 2025 as Religious Freedom Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-19 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0140 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0140-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Each year the President of the United States | ||||||
| 3 | declares January 16th as Religious Freedom Day and calls upon | ||||||
| 4 | Americans to observe this day through appropriate events and | ||||||
| 5 | activities in homes, schools, and places of worship; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Our Founding Fathers knew the importance of | ||||||
| 7 | freedom of religion, and the U.S. Constitution protects an | ||||||
| 8 | individual's right to worship as they so choose with the First | ||||||
| 9 | Amendment; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Declaring such a day for religious freedom is | ||||||
| 11 | part of our American foundation and heritage; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, January 16th was the chosen date for celebration | ||||||
| 13 | as it is the anniversary of the exact date in 1786 when the | ||||||
| 14 | Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom was passed; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, This statute restrained the practice of taxing | ||||||
| 16 | people to pay for the support of the local clergy and protected | ||||||
| 17 | the civil rights of people to express their religious beliefs | ||||||
| 18 | without suffering discrimination; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, this date was observed by former | ||||||
| 20 | Governor Rauner, and this important day of freedom should be | ||||||
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| 1 | brought into our chamber and State; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we declare January 16, 2025 as "Religious Freedom Day" in the | ||||||
| 5 | State of Illinois and encourage our citizens to reflect on our | ||||||
| 6 | proud tradition of religious freedom so that it may be | ||||||
| 7 | preserved for future generations. | ||||||